Brazil’s Petrobras to End Market-Friendly Fuel Pricing

Leftist President da Silva has called for more control of gasoline and diesel prices

Petrobras has long found itself at the heart of a debate over the role of the state in Brazil’s economy. Photo: sergio moraes/Reuters

SÃO PAULO—Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant, Petrobras, said it would end its yearslong policy to peg the cost of fuel to international prices, dealing a blow to investors as the leftist government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looks to control inflation

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